In her new book Town of Love, Anne Ostby paints a vivid picture of some of the world’s most vulnerable women and children - the Indian women of the Nat caste, the ‘untouchables’. 

Forced into prostitution from a young age to be the breadwinners for their families, these women face a life of poverty and violence not of their choosing.

But is there a way of breaking free from this legacy of prostitution and creating a new and different life, a life of hope and freedom? Can the tradition of buying, selling and trafficking women be broken? Can we create a movement for justice that is contagious?

Join author Anne Ostby and a fantastic line-up of women as they discuss Town of Love and the important issues it addresses. This is a joint-event with The Victorian Women's Trust and Project Respect. 

SPEAKERS:

Anne Ostby, author and guest at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival

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Mary Crooks AO, Executive Director of the Victorian Women’s Trust

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Kelly Hinton, Executive Director of Project Respect

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Dr Caroline Norma, author and Lecturer in Global, Urban & Social Studies at RMIT

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Dr Renate Klein, author and Director of Spinifex Press

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FREE event 

5 for 5.30pm

Wednesday 4th September

Queen Victoria Women’s Centre 

210 Lonsdale St, Melbourne CBD

RSVP & inquiries to: pauline@spinifexpress.com.au or telephone (03) 9329 6088